MSVU

So that’s the thing, we are feeling so detached. I think, I think that I’m the only person from East Africa here, right? I haven’t met anybody else. If I go into class and I…

Participant 1: Talking with someone who can relate with this stuff would be helpful […] so they won’t misunderstand what you’re saying. They will understand your context and it is easy for them to give…

Participant 1: [The policy] is very important. We have to know how to protect ourselves as students. Participant 2: Because the statistics frighten us- one of the six females will be a victim. So it’s…

The funny thing is, when I think about what I’ve said and what I’ve heard, when you have been sexually assualted, the last people you tell is your family members. Why? because you are feeling…

Participant 1: I would look for someone who provides me with more recommendations of how I could approach the problem. Like, it’s good to listen to my problem, but I think for me, it would…

Participant 2: “Counselling” is such a formal word. Like, white people are used to counselling- we are not. We don’t have counsellors. So the way we talk about it is when we are at school,…

Participant 1: If I say that somebody is looking at me weirdly, I know…I feel like…not that everyone from Africa has been raped, but definitely, somebody has already gone through that. Facilitator: Or, you know…

Participant 2: Say you are the only African in the class. If something happens, you don’t even know how to say it because you feel – Participant 1: like, “oh, I am the only African.”…

Where it [the policy] says, “the incident does not fit policy,” how would I know if something doesn’t fit the policy? […] Let’s say in the case of groping, what you call groping might not…

I think my brothers would like the policy, because they know how guys are. So, personally, they [would] think the policy is better if it is applied, because then I could walk around safely. […]…